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==General== | ==General== | ||
[[Image: Normal visceral pleura of lung - Miller -- high mag.jpg | thumb| right| Lung visceral pleura. [[Miller stain]]. (WC)]] | |||
The visceral pleura is the pleura that covers the [[lung]]; tumour invasion into it is known as '''visceral pleural invasion''' (abbreviated '''VPI'''). The parietal pleural covers the chest wall. | The visceral pleura is the pleura that covers the [[lung]]; tumour invasion into it is known as '''visceral pleural invasion''' (abbreviated '''VPI'''). The parietal pleural covers the chest wall. | ||
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**Irrelevant for staging. | **Irrelevant for staging. | ||
====Images - normal pleural==== | |||
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Image: Normal visceral pleura of lung - Miller -- intermed mag.jpg | Lung visceral pleura - intermed. mag. | |||
Image: Normal visceral pleura of lung - Miller - alt -- intermed mag.jpg | Lung visceral pleura - high mag. | |||
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===Modified Hammar classification=== | ===Modified Hammar classification=== | ||
Pleural invasion can be subgrouped as follows:<ref name=pmid19057261/> | Pleural invasion can be subgrouped as follows:<ref name=pmid19057261/> | ||